1. Mao/Miki - absolutely cannot decide. I feel that at this point Mao has a mind-block that says 'if only I can nail the 3As everything else is going to be okay', which I just do not think is the case, while Miki had a real comeback last season from the heartbreaking one before and her athleticism and relative consistency cannot be ignored. That said, when Mao is on she is on and I hope to see that this competition.

3. Ashley - Czisny is too hit/miss for me, if I had to bank on one of the two US ladies (and I very much miss Kimmie in this bracket) I'd go for Wagner.

As you can see these terms originate in an unknown, complex and unpredixtable process of which the origin is still unknown. It seems like some mysterious power is at work but it's impossible to predist when it happens. We only see the result and are left to wonder...